WILL BE 76 TOMORROW AND BREEZY.
COOLER SATURDAY, 70.
SUNDAY, SUNNY AND HIGH OF 67.
A YEAR AGO TODAY, THE HIGH WAS 50.
MONDAY MORNING THERE WAS A CAR - SEMI ACCIDENT JUST NORTH OF MAQUOKETA AT HURSTVILLE. TODAY, WE FINIALLY GOT DETAILS FROM THE
IOWA STATE PATROL. ABBY KUNDE, 32, OF MAQUOKETA, WAS EASTBOUND
ON THE ESGATE ROAD AND THE SEMI WAS NORTHBOUND ON 61. KUNDE CROSSED THE NORTHBOUND LANES AND INTO THE PATH OF THE SEMI.
HER VEHICLE WAS PUSHED INTO THE GRASS MEDIAN AND THE SEMI
WENT INTO THE DITCH AND ROLLED ONTO ITS SIDE. KUNDE HAD
HER 4 YEAR OLD SON WITH HER. THE DRIVER OF THE SEMI WAS FROM KALONA. ALL 3 WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. WE HAVE NO
CONDITION REPORTS. DAMAGE TO THE KUNDE CAR WAS $15,000 AND
DAMAGE TO THE SEMI, $135,000. CHARGES ARE PENDING.
THEN THAT NIGHT, THERE WAS ANOTHER CAR - SEMI ACCIDENT AT THAT LOCATION AND PAINT WAS SPILLED ON TO THE HIGHWAY. MORE ON
THAT ACCIDENT ON LAST TUESDAY'S DAILY REPORT.
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF ACCIDENTS AT THAT LOCATION OVER THE
YEARS.
FOR YEARS, TRICK OR TREAT TIME IN MAQUOKETA WAS THE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON BEFORE HALLOWEEN. THIS YEAR, FINIALLY, IT WILL BE BACK TO HALLOWEEN NIGHT, FROM 5 UNTIL 7.
SERVICES ARE PENDING AT CARSON'S FOR BILL MERRICK, AGE 84, WHO
DIED THIS MORNING AT HIS HOME. HE WAS A LONGTIME (SINCE THE EARLY 50'S) BARBER IN MAQUOKETA AND WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY
IN HONORING VETERANS. HE HIMSELF WAS A WWII NAVY VETERAN.
HE HAS BEEN RETIRED BUT CAME DOWN TO HIS SHOP HE OWNED ON WEST PLATT MANY MORNINGS TO HAVE A COFFEE-NEWS BREAK WITH FRIENDS.
HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE LEGION AND VFW. BILL WAS A GOOD GUY AND WILL BE MISSED. HIS WIFE DIED A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
BIG WIN LAST NIGHT AND CAN'T WAIT FOR THEIR FIRST GAME TOMORROW
NIGHT AGAINST THE DODGERS AT ST. LOUIS.
DENNIS VOY
